Identifying QT prolongation from ECG impressions using a general-purpose Natural Language Processor

International Journal of Medical Informatics

Volumn 78, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2009, Pages S34-S42

  Denny, Joshua C ^a   Miller, Randolph A ^a   Waitman, Lemuel Russell ^a   Arrieta, Mark A ^a   Peterson, Joshua F ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Concept identification; Decision support; Electrocardiogram; Natural language processing; Negation detection; QT prolongation; Unified Medical Language System

Indexed keywords

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; OBJECT ORIENTED PROGRAMMING; PATTERN MATCHING; SIGNAL DETECTION;

CALCULATED SENSITIVITY; CLINICAL DECISION SUPPORT; CONCEPT IDENTIFICATION; DECISION SUPPORTS; POSITIVE PREDICTIVE VALUES; QT PROLONGATION; SUDDEN CARDIAC DEATHS; UNIFIED MEDICAL LANGUAGE SYSTEMS;

NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING SYSTEMS;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CARDIOLOGIST; COMPUTER LANGUAGE; DATA BASE; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECG ABNORMALITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; GOLD STANDARD; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QT INTERVAL; QT PROLONGATION;

EID: 62749158308     PISSN: 13865056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2008.09.001     Document Type: Article

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